Volleyball Recap: Make It 24 in a Row for Shepard

Astros

Previous Games

05/12/26 vs Oak Lawn	2-0
05/11/26 @ Stagg	2-0
05/09/26 @ Brother Rice	2-1
05/09/26 @ Berwyn/Cicero Morton	2-0
05/09/26 @ Sandburg	2-0
+ 19 more games

Shepard waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with 23 straight wins... but they left with 24. They came out on top against the Oak Lawn Spartans by a score of 2-0. That's more bragging rights for the Astros, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

While Shepard won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-17.

Oliver Bilik paced Shepard's offense, picking up 11 kills. Bilik got some help from Conor Harkala and his 24 assists. Finally, Connor Evans kept Shepard's defense grounded, leading the team with three blocks.

Shepard's win bumped their record up to 30-3. As for Oak Lawn, with the loss, they broke their three-match winning streak and moved their record to 19-12.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Shepard will face off against rival Evergreen Park at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Oak Lawn is set to challenge their familiar foe Reavis at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.